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January 26, 2015

UPDATE on the Carbon[60] Hydrated Fullerenes-The Highest Antioxidant in the World

Scientists have made a significant leap in cancer research.

You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.

R. Buckminster Fuller

90% of all cancer deaths come from cancer spreading in the body from one organ to another, called metastasis. Stop metastasis, stop many unnecessary premature cancer deaths.

Belgium researches in 2014 determined that cancer metastasis can only occur if there are excess free radicals in the body. Specifically they conclude: “under certain conditions, the mitochondria produce more free radicals known as superoxide ions (O2.-). It is this overproduction of superoxide that leads to the formation of metastasis and, consequently, the growth of a tumor. “ See “A world first: Researchers identify a treatment that prevents tumor metastasis (Université catholique de Louvain)”http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-07/ucdl-awf072414.php

So, logically, if you can reduce excess oxidative stress and free radical levels in the body back to normal levels, theoretically, you should be able to prevent metastasis and reduce the risk of cancer growth and eliminate most cancer deaths.

This not only applies to cancer, but many other chronic human diseases, which appear to be triggered by excess free radicals too.

Just do a search on PUBMED using the term “oxidative stress” the name of any chronic human disease and you will see a connection/link to free radicals and most diseases. See http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed

In fact, researcher in Ukraine have already reduced oxidative stress in cancer cases and many other chronic human diseases with a safe, natural, organic molecule, called Carbon [60] or specifically the water-soluble version, called Carbon 60 Hydrated Fullerenes, C60HYFNs. It was approved by the Ukrainian Ministry of Health in 2010, as a dietary supplement and antioxidant, after 20 years of preclinical and clinical studies. It’s the world’s highest antioxidant and free radical scavenger, neutralizing excess free radicals. It was discovered in 1985 and a Nobel prize in Chemistry was awarded for the discover in 1996. Two years before that, Ukrainian researched discovered how to make Carbon[60] water-soluble, since most Carbon allotropes do not dissolve in water.

Most recently (Dec. 2014), Ukrainian researchers showed that C60HYFNs combined with traditional chemotherapy (Doxorubicin) , eliminates tumors in animal models without the toxic effects seen with traditional chemo. They showed that this combination: “resulted in tumor growth inhibition, prolongation of life, metastasis inhibition, and increased number of apoptotic tumor cells and was more effective than the corresponding course of Dox treatment alone.”

Carbon 60, a radiation protector, also reduces the negative effects of traditional radiation therapy. See Peculiarities of the antioxidant and radioprotective effects of hydrated C60 fullerene nanostuctures in vitro and in vivo.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19539750